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The Crowns of Croswald
by D.E. Night
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
I received this book in exchange for an honest review.
Going into this I knew this book was middle grade Fantasy, so I was excited to read a fun, easy adventure. And this book does have a lot going for it - an interesting magic system, all kinds of magical creatures, and a magic school.
However, despite all of this, I really struggled to get through this book. The writing was a little overly verbose (sometimes felt like there was obscure wording just for obscure wording's sake, that kind of thing). On top of this, the plot was a little all over the place and I often would get kind of disoriented. Overall, this left me fairly disappointed with this book. I wanted to like it more but these items were just too much for me to really get into it.
Finally, I do want to note there are a lot of comparisons to a certain middle grade fantasy series in reviews for this book. While there are a lot of superficial similarities (which do feel a little too specific and are honestly kind of distracting in how close they are), the story itself does differ quite a bit.
I probably won't be finishing this series myself, but if you're someone who doesn't mind the writing style and plot-pacing this book might be worth picking up!
Going into this I knew this book was middle grade Fantasy, so I was excited to read a fun, easy adventure. And this book does have a lot going for it - an interesting magic system, all kinds of magical creatures, and a magic school.
However, despite all of this, I really struggled to get through this book. The writing was a little overly verbose (sometimes felt like there was obscure wording just for obscure wording's sake, that kind of thing). On top of this, the plot was a little all over the place and I often would get kind of disoriented. Overall, this left me fairly disappointed with this book. I wanted to like it more but these items were just too much for me to really get into it.
Finally, I do want to note there are a lot of comparisons to a certain middle grade fantasy series in reviews for this book. While there are a lot of superficial similarities (which do feel a little too specific and are honestly kind of distracting in how close they are), the story itself does differ quite a bit.
I probably won't be finishing this series myself, but if you're someone who doesn't mind the writing style and plot-pacing this book might be worth picking up!